US puts up $750K to evacuate an American who was aboard hantavirus cruise ship from remote island
- Posted on June 11, 2026
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US puts up $750K to evacuate an American who was aboard hantavirus cruise ship from remote island
The Trump administration put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak, a move that has further strained the State Department’s emergency budget.
